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Nepal's flood survivors demand climate reparations, not aid
Nepal's government says the severe flooding is not just a humanitarian crisis but an economic one, with hydropower plants, roads, bridges and entire villages damaged or destroyed. Authorities estimate that rebuilding could cost $5 billion, and with thousands of people, many of them breadwinners, still missing, the economic toll continues to rise. Chirachit Kurki, whose aunt and cousin were swept away while waiting to cross the Nepal-China border, says the disaster is not simply natural but the result of global warming caused by humans. Twelve hydroelectric plants in the Trishuli Basin, develo…
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